The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice: Toward a Sustainable World
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An authoritative mannual of effective practices in language revitalisation. Language revitalization is the practice of preserving, maintaining and in some cases, reviving endemic languages which are in danger of being lost to non-native languages. With world-wide environmental destruction and globalization of the economy, a few languages, especially English, are spreading rapidly in use, while thousands of other languages are disappearing, taking with them important cultural, philosophical and environmental knowledge systems and oral literatures. We all stand to suffer from such a loss, none more so than the communities whose very identity is being threatened by the impending death of their languages. This volume is a set of detailed accounts about the kind of projects developed as people struggle for their linguistic survival. It also serves as a manual of effective practices in language revitalization.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0123493536
ISBN13:9780123493538
Release Date:January 2001
Publisher:Emerald Group Publishing
Length:450 Pages
Weight:0.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.7" x 11.3"
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Another useful reference for revitalization is: Paper And Talk: A Manual for Reconstituting Materials in Australian Indigenous Languages from Historical Sources
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